VUTAX. 205 



Sect. II. Antenna; of male serrate, the serrations ending in a bristle. Fore wiug 

 with vein 3 from angle of cell ; mid tibise of male greatly dilated. 



A. Fore wing with crimson subcostal stripe da'phcena . 



B. Fore wing without crimson subcostal stripe. 



a. Patagia striped with crimson ; abdomen with two dorsal 



white spots utica. 



h. Patagia not striped with crimson : abdomen with a single 



dorsal white patch alhisigna, 



423. Pheia daphsena, n. sp. (Plate YII. fig. 25.) 



S . Head and thorax black ; frons and vertex of head spotted 

 with white ; tegukt, shoulders, and patagia with large crimson 

 patches: fore coxoc, hiud tibiie at base, and 1st joint of tarsi white; 

 abdomen black, with two dorsal white patches on 1st segment followed 

 by metallic green patches which extend laterally towards extremity, 

 the first two segments veutrally white ; wings hyaline, the veins and 

 margins black. Fore wing with crimson streaks beloAV basal two- 

 thirds of costa and above inner margin ; a discocellular spot ; the 

 terminal band expanding very widely on apical area and below 

 vein 2, Hind wing with the terminal band expanding widely 

 towards apex and slightly below vein 2. 



Hab. Dominica; Santa Ltjcja {W. H. EUott), 2 cj" type. Ex/j. 

 30 millim. 



424. Pheia utica. 



Dycladia utica, Druce, A. M. N. H. (0) iv. p. 85 r]889) ; id. Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Het. ii. p. 348, pi. 71. f. 28 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 140. 



(^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown ; antennae white at 

 tips ; frons, vertex of head, and thorax with white marks ; crimson 

 spots on tegulse and shoulders and stripes on patagia ; fore coxae, 

 mid tibia3 at base, and 1st joint of tarsi white ; abdomen with two 

 dorsal spots on 1st segment, the first two segments white below; 

 wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. Fore wing with a 

 crimson spot at base extending for a short distance above inner 

 margin ; a discocellular spot ; the terminal band expanding widely 

 on apical area and dentate inwards below vein 2. Hind wing with 

 the terminal baud expanding towards apex. 



Hab. Mexico, Guerrero {B. H. Smith), 1 <S type, Godman-Salviu 

 Coll. Exp. 26 millim. 



425. Pheia albisigna. 



Glaucopisalhhigm(,\N\k.\.\^Q{\SM)\ Butl. 111. Het. i. p. 30, pi. 7. 

 f. 14; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 343; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 139. 



Fig. 97. — Pheia alhisigna, cf. [. 

 Black-brown ; neck and mesothorax with white patches ; 



